Mark Stimson happy with his decision to leave Simeon Jackson out of Gillingham side
Mark Stimson has explained his
reasoning for leaving top scorer Simeon Jackson on the bench at
Bristol Rovers.
Stimson was reluctant to make major
changes to his team that beat Oldham, and with Jackson only
returning to the squad late in the week from international duty, he
left him on the sidelines.
Stimson said: "Jacko didn’t train with
us and only came back on Thursday. It would have been hard to put
him back in. The only other change was Barry Fuller coming back and
Chris Palmer moving to the left.
"I don’t think the result was anything
to do with selection, it was just the second half where we didn’t
pass the ball enough."
Jackson remains under the spotlight,
with teams such as Wolves and QPR rumoured to be interested, but
Stimson doesn’t think the speculation will get to the 11-goal
striker.
He said: "It must give you an extra
boost, if you need one. What you have to do is get in the team and
score as many goals as possible."
Monday, November 23 2009